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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
4 LIFE SHORTENED.
How II Christian Scientist Treated an Aged
Woman.


Woman.
A physician writes to the Boston Tran
script as follows: Very little active OPP
position is made by the regular medical
profession to the various decisions con-
corning the healing art which arise from
time to time. Quackery and decisions
die of their own wOrthlessness, but active
opposition is the soil on which they best
flourish.
Many people of good sense regret to
say are, at the present time tolerating
and even encouraging such decisions I'M
der the names of Christian science, faith
cure, and the like, thinking probably that
at the worst they dc no harm. 1 make
this protest because of the agony and
death which a so-called Christian science
practitioner has brought to an aged wo-
man.
For months she had been allowed to
suffer, and her life had been shortened by
weeks, and perhaps by months. Less
than three months ago l was asked to see
this poor woman, who had been under the
care of Christian scientist for more
than six months. | found her in a very
feeble condition. hardly able to get out
of bed alone, and blanched from the con
tinued loss of blood. She was told, how
evsr, that nothing was the matter, and
that she must act after such belief
On examination L found that she was
suffering from cancer, which had been
allowed to advance so far that it was i'm
possible to remove it by operation
Much. however, could be done to relieve
the intense pain and check The loss of
blood. The scientist" had full control
and, notwithstanding the patients pro
testations of weakness and pain, she was
told to forget it and urged into the
street. The patient was not allowed to
use ordinary means of relieving pain,
such as hot cloths, because Gin reality
there was no pain"
Now, what was needed was most abso-
Lutte quiet. As the result of her efforts to
be about there were frequent and very
profuse hemerrhages. The patient was
told that she was getting better. A few
days before her osath after dragging
herself down three flights of stairs and
into the street, hemorrhage began,
which lasted all night Being alone, and
having used every other available article,
she was obliged to tear up a blanket in
Aer endeavor to stop the flow of blood,
In the morning she was again told that it
was of no account, and that the disease
was passing from her. When the patient,
with some doubt in her mind, referred to
the torn blanket, she was told that it
merely showed how strong she was. Her
faith in this mode of treatment at last
gave way. A bed in one of the hospitals
of the city was procured for her, but she
died on the following day before she
could be removed to it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
4 Faithtul Ma stiff.
Carlrsle an Cor. GIobe. Democrat.

CariySle ILL., Cor. GiODe-D democrat,
Mrs. Amos Perkins was walking on the
track of the Concord d Portsmouth Rail
road, in Greenland the other day. She
had with her a big masEif dog. Mrs.
Perkins is eighty years old and very deaf.
Consequently when the train came up
.ehind her she failed to hear the engin-
GERS wild whistle. The dog heard the
warning however, and saw the danger.
He seized his mistress by the gown and
tried to drag her off the track. She turn
ed, saw the danger. threw her hands up
and fell fainting between the rails. Still
the dog stuck to his purpose and, Selling
her dress in his teeth, dragged her off the
track, so that only her feet lay across the
rail- Before he could get her wholly
clear, the train came rushing down and
she was ground beneath the wheels. The
train was stopped and the dog was found
faithfully guarding the mangled re-
mn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
FAITH DIDN'T CURE HER.
Terrible Sufferings ola Kansas City Lady in
the Hands of Christian Scientists
Kansas City PAPER

ieFrlble Su1erlngs ola Kansas City Lady in
the Hands of Christian Scientists
Kansas City Paper.
The death of Mrs. Hannah Updike.
from dropsy and gangrene, while in the
hands and under the care of believers in
the Christian science, or faith c1re is ex-
citing no end of CONNECT in this citv,
Mrs. Updike was the wife of a welI-knoEn
stockman of Topeka, and was brouCht
here and placed under the care of the
faith healers eight days ago, at her own
request. She was suffering from dr0Dsv
and gangrene. The doctors had pro-
nounced her case incurab!e. Before death
gangrene had spread over an entire limb.
From the time she was given up to the
care of the faith healers all medicines.
even oplates, we're stopped. She was con
stantly surrounded by a half-doZen or
moro believers, who in the midst of the
terrible agonies urged her to believe and
she would certainly be cured. At mid
night, Mrs. Eunice Behan, one of the
party, stood over her and declared that
disease must succumb to the fat of the
mind" At 1916 Mrs. Updike was dead.
and Mrs. Houston, the nurse of the heal
ers, brushed back the hair from her cold
forehead, and said, sadly, "She surren-
dered hope to fear"
few hours before her death her agony
was so great that her husband, against the
protests of the others present, gave her
an oplate. eve told him not to do it,
said one of the attendants. at was
reco gnizing the power of fear ever the
mind. 1t also dulled the mind, and pre-
vented 1t from rebelling with all Its pow
er against the results of latent fear, which
we hold is made manifest on the body in
different forms of disease"
Did you know she was dying" re-
porter asked.
The mind can rise above all emergen-
cles," was the only response.
As an excuse for not summoning a
physician to at least relieve the intense
pain of her dying hours one of the heal
els said: Mrs. Updike became true
believer in the cure of Christian science
We are cersUred for not calling in physi-
clan, had we done so it would have been q
recognition of the fact that some material
injury existed. This would have spoiled
the Christian science cure"
In speaking of the case DR.. ElIstor
said: Il consider that criminal ignorance
was displayed IN the treatment of this
case. The law, however, has no provision
for Furnishing ignorance
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

ished over per cent. mainly by large
reduction in Kansas. Condition Is
better than that of wheat, as usual. aver
aging $50.
An apparent enlargement of the barley
acreage of per cent. is indicated. The
increase is IL Dakota, California, Oregon
and the territories. Condition averages
81, being slightly above that of wheat.
There Is continuance of the extension
OF oats culture. The increase is per
cent. This crop has taken part of the
area formerly in wheat in Kansas, an ad-
vance of 20 per cent. over the acreage of
last year. The increase is large in the
northwest, and there Is tendency to en-
largenest in all sections of this coun-
try.
In the acreage of cotton an increase of
per cent is reported. There appears to
be slight decline in the states OF the
Atlantic coast and an increase west of the
Mississippi. The condition of cotton Is
higher than in any June since 1880, aver
aging 96.9, and has only been exceeded
three times since 1870. The best weld in
that period, however, was in 1882, when
June condition was 50, figure that has
been discounted six times since 1870. It
Is good beginning, but does not insure
good crop. Clean cultivation is report
ed as rule, and healthy color and good
| growth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
The Trouble With Kelly
Sporting Life

A correspondent of the Sporting Life
has the following interview with Nike
Kelly upon the $4,000 players arrival in
Chicago:
Nike" said 1, on the great and only
morning he got here from Indianapolis,
''you don't look well. Beans and Soden
don't seem to agree with you"
"They DON'T was the answer family
delivered, and Mike gave lingering i
wish was -back-here again glance through
the hotel windows toward the glistening
waters of Michigan
(Which Is hardest to swallow, Nike" l
queried-
sDam-phi-no," said the G.. and o. ir-
reverently. -Soden works me TO death,
and the beans-well, between the two l
am near crazy"
That is too bad said your correspon-
dent symsathizingIy- But for the
present you are nd of both beans and
Soden."
II am ami! l wish 1 was. No, sir;
ron bet the old man Is after me pretty
close whenever there is q telegraph wire
between u, and as for the beans
say, don't give il away. but I'm stuck on
beans, it's IN my contract, seer
What bsans."
That's il, beans," said Mike as he
caught hold of his waistband and made
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
blowing. in Cnmnnrtirl,t

An old Connecticut citizen, who is re
visiting Wilton, after having lived for
many years in Iowa, writes to The Bur
hngton Hawkeye of what he sees in his
native State.
On these hillsides it's amusing to see
them pillow with their teams: in looking
OFF over the stone fences and rocks half a
mile you may see man blowing with a
yoke of oxen: in order to learn whether
his team is moving you must take range
with some object just beyond in line of
his team to ascertain yheather they are
moving, if so, in the course of five min
utes you will see them just ahead of the
object in their range. What . difference
this Is with Iowa blowing with their sulky
plows five acres a day, planting fifteen
acres of corn a day with their corn plant
ers, cutting and binding twelve acres of
grain with their self-binding reapert with
their hay stackers two men racking and
stacking ten acres or twenty tons of hay
III one day. Iowa's scenery, with the i'm
mense fields of corn and oats, and wide
spread timothy meadows, herds of cattle,
horses and hogs, is a scenery to look ont
upon which throws COnnecticut's scenery
of rocks and bushes far into the shade.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
Grace Itself.

New York Star: The French woman is
in reality the only woman in the world
who Knows how to cross muddy street
effectively. The English girl, certain in
srOad-soled shoes and galoshes, awkward
ly, though safely, wades through mud and
water, her feet having a duck-like ap-
pearance that is not pretty. The Ameri-
can woman, used to being helped across
by a man, gfaspes her skirt in one hand
looks around, poises herself on her toes,
advances, and then frightened at a wagon
coming, goes back; she does this three or
four times. her face being charming
study of irresolution during that period.
The end of it all is that she either rushes
across the street without regard for ap-
pearanccs at all, or else is personally con
Quoted by some man who appreciates her
situation. The French woman will never
make herself ridiculous. The skirt is
lifted daintily; there is vision of char
ming, well-ftted boot; there is hope of
seeing a black silk stocking, but madam
allows that TO be only hope; there is q
semi-coquettish glance up and down to
see if carriages are coming, and then,
with the quickness of a bird, the bad
places are got over, the other side is
safely reached, the skirts are dropped,
and, demure as a nun, madam proceeds
on her way, leaving the various men who
have watched this episode in state of
admiration because of her grace.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
Dakota Mosquitoes.
Dakota Bell.

A tall, solemn-looking man, dressed in
black, waiting for a train in Dakota de-
pot, when a man, who had just arriv ed
from the east, approached him and got
into conversation about the territory.
After a few minutes he said:
II understand you have some extremely
large mosq uitoes in Dlkota?"
Yes, we have"
"Must be very troublesome this time of
the year,"
well, yes, they are to some people. l
have no difficulty With them, however"
Smoker"
"No, sir; never use tobacco in any
form"
why don't they trouble you:"
II stay at home most of the time, and
l live in a rather small one-story house,
in which the windows are quite low"
Il should think that would make it all
the worse"
ION the contrary, it invariably keeps
them out of the hoEse- Sometimes when
they are walking past they will stop, get
down On their hands and knees and look
in the tops of the windows, but they never
try to come in"
Now look here, you're trying 20 i'm
pose on me because I'm q Stranger"
"Oh, no sir; l wouldn't do such thing.
l am speaking OF when ] am at home
sometimes they bother me a good deal
when / am away, of course Now last
Sabbath morning for instance. when l
was about half way through my sermon,
one of them walked"
Your sermon, are you minister"
Certainly, my friend; have labored
in the vineyard for over fort! years. As
was saying"
Excuse me, but here's my traiu-sorry
l can't wait-geod by"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

ring on my finger, admired it, as in duty
bound, and then, pulling it off, handed
it back to my neighbor, who in turn
grave it to the American.
II put the real diamond which / had
secured into nay pocket, and finished my
coffee hastily, just as Brother Jonathan
was making an appointment with rich
young Frenchman to meet at the shop of
a fashionable jaweler next morning and
take mis- opinion on the value of the gem.
And since it has taken your fancy
said the unsuspicious American, you
shall hev it for the same sum the jeweler
effers me for 1t. l can't say fairer than
that now, can II
II went back to the railway station,
got my bag, changed my hat and coat
in the waiting room, slipped into the
hotel, and next day set off for the Cannes.
My only regret was that l was unable
| to make a study of the Americans face
when the Paris ieweler put a price on
/ his beautiful diamond next morning.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
The Egg in Texas Politics.
Toxas SiftinEs-

Tbs large, full grown egg of several
weeks standing has begun to play an i'm
portant role, so to speak, il the Prohi-
bition campaign now being waged in
Texas. One of the results is 20 confirm
the idea that while raw eggs are very
effective ia clearing the voice, they can
also be used to advantage in clearing a
stage or platform.
When the Prohibition agitators under
took to convince the citizens of Alamo
City that, to use the alliterative head lines
of an exchange: White Wheat Whisky
Wastes Wealth, Wrecks Womanhood aud
Wallops Wives they, the orators, having
on their good clothes, were not struck
very favorably by the aforesaid audience,
particularly as they were not in possession
of Bill Nye's recipe for removing egg
stains from their garments.
The bar of public opinion is the pro-
per place to decide the question of prohi-
bition, and any resort to mIldewed eggs,
or similar diatribes, is to be deprecated.
When a man raises his arm to deliver
such an aromatic testimonial as an egg
on which hen has deliberated in vain
for several weeks, that motion is out of
order.
Those who object to prohibition
speeches should adept some more feast
bic plan of revenge. They might, for in
stance. follow the tactics that are in
vogue in Iowa. Under the guise of a
complimentary serenading the objectors
hire brass band to toot under the win
dow of the victim for hours, and no
words can desbgibe what be suffers.
There are more ways of killing a dog
than choking him to death with butter.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
Something About WOmen'S Feet.
Chicago Tribune.

The wife of Munkaosy, the artist, is
said to have the smallest feet in Paris.
Boston ladies have the smallest feet of
any woman in America-so bootmakers
say.
Strong, broad soled footgear is coming
into style in this country among women
who want to preserve health and com
ple1ion.
Mrs. Cleveland's feet are neither small
nor large, but are extremely well shaped
SO says an observing Washington cor
respondent
English women have proverbially large
feet. Many American ladies are unable
to fad ready made shoes in London small
enough to fit them.
Several distinguished specialists will
not treat a patient who persists in wear
ing high heels. They say that it throws
out of place every organ of the body.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
They Met on FUaternal Ground.
Dakota Bell

Two men were driving along the road
near Sioux Falls few days ago, each in
a carriage. They had just passed where
a farmer was busy setting round cedar
posts for barbed wire fence, when the
man who was behind drove up on a trot,
overlook the other and said:
Good morning, sir; L would like to ask
you question"
"All right, go ahead"
81 want to know what those things are
which that man is planting there and if
he expects them to live and grow in such
dry soil?"
Here's a coincidence, sure enough"
replied the other; chats precisely what
l was going to ask the first man / met"
"Oh, beg your pardon, thought per-
haps you were interested in a farm
around here"
"Oh, no, not by any means. 1 am a
member of the Dakota Board of Agricul,
ture.'
as that so: | am certainly glad to
make your acquaintance. l am on the
Territorial Agricultural Fair committee
myself"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

: new game Is very useful. Aprons IN.
hemmed are distributed among the ladies.
ard bags, each containing thread and
needle, among the gentlemen. When q
gentleman finds q lady with an apron of
the same material as his bag, he is obliged
to hem her apron. Prizes are swsried to
the quickest sewer and the best one.
The Americas, lGs. Recorder tells of
petrided strawberry which waS grown on
the place of the MeSSrS. Heys, near that
city, and which was watched carefully by
them during the stage of petriacstion.
After 1t became hard it VAS taken to a
jewelers. and made into breastpia. 1t
Is beautifully coloved, and weighs about
two puDraS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
" Consumption Cure "

would be truthful name to give to DR.. Pierce $
Golden Medical Discovery" the most efficaciOus
medicine yet discovered for are sting the early
development Of pulmonary disease But "con
sumption cure" would not sufficiently indicate
the scope OF its influence aud usefulness. In all
the many diseases which spring from derauge-
ment OF the liver and blood ne discovery is a
safe and sure specific. or all druggists
A convention Of the Dakota 'diyisonists'' is in
session at Huron, with a large attendance. The
movement aims at division Of the territory uIi
The seventh standard parallel, and the OrSaniza
ton and admission Of two sta Is
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

Detroit Free Press


Close by railroad junction in Aaba-
ma, where we hai to wait some time for
the other train, was a general store, and
several OF Us went over to see how bust
ness was done. The proprietor was a lit
tie old man with q little beney client face.
and his clerk was his son, who was a haw-
keyed, sharpnosed young man with no
benevOlence aboRt him. The customers
were principally negroes, and there was a
great run on some new tin coffee pots Just
unpacked. The one hung up for a mple
was marked % on the bottom. Every
time darkey asked the old man for a
coffee pot he was referred to William g
and every time William was asked for
calico he referred the customer to father.
We saw this go on until our curiosity was
aroused, and the colonel finally asked the
old man for an explanation.
STRANGE" queried the old man ia
reply.
Yes
Don't live about hereY"
"Oh, no: just waiting for the train"
well, then, its just this way! William
has the conscience to ask 40 cents for q
20 cent coffee pot, and so he's a leetle set
IN his way let him tend TO that line
well, try as hard as l may, can't ash
over Is pence for 10 cent calico, and as
William knows how rigid my principles
are he never interferes with nv side of
the story.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

is the title Of large illustrated treatise, by DR.
r v Pierce, Buffalo, n Y, sent to any address
for ten cents in stamps 1t teaches successful
self treatment.
a party of female mutes are occupying cot
tage at Lake Minnetonka, Mimi, and the place j.
known as the Dumb Bellies retreat. It is not a
good place to exercise the vocal organs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
A HI MAN WRECK.
Once Wealthy and Ambitious But Now Wear
ing ShaCkleS.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
In the city chaingang, toiling in list
less, hopeless way, may be seen an old
man whose face will impress the student
of human nature. Under his right name
this old man could claim close kinship
with men and women of wealth and high
social position IN q distant state. O2
several occasions he has claimed the at
tentlon of the spectators in police court
by short speeches couched in pure and
eloquent language, an6 in conversation
he shows thai he has known better days.
This man, so rumor says, was educated at
one of the leading colleges of the country
for the ministry. but afterward adopted
the profession of law. In his chosen pro-
fession his brilliant intellect made him
successful, and he was soon on the road
to fame and fortune. Of good family,
his genius and accomplishments made
him a social favorite, and in time he won
the hand of q beautiful society belle.
For several years the fates were kind and
he knew nothing but domestic happiness
and professional success, but In an evil
hoyr the fortune he had accumulated was
swept away by speculation. Close on the
heels of financial disaster came domestic
discord and jealousy, and the once happy
home was changed to a he'll on earth.
Solace was sought in drink, and the man
was soon on the road to ruin. For sew
eraI wears he has been an outcast and
wanderer en- the face of earth, with only
enough pride to conceal the name he once
honored. The end of his career which
cannot be far distant, will probably be
potter's grave and another sad life history
will pass into oblivion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
Man and His Shoes.
Texas Siftings.

How much a man is like lis shoes.
For instance both a soul may lose;
Both have been tanned, and both are made
tight
By cobbIers: both get left and right.
Both need a mate TO be complete;
And both are made 10 90 on fest.
They both need healing, oft are sold,
And both in time will turn to mold.
With shoes the last is first; with men
The first shall be last and when
The shoes wear out they're mended new;
When men we ar out they're men dead toe!
They both are Crot upon. and both
Will tread on others, nothing loath
Both have their ties and both incline,
When polished in the world to shine
And both peg out. Now, wouli you choose
To be q maa or be his shoes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

The best characters of English fiction
voted by compstitors to the Pail Mall Ga
zette prize, are Colonel Nevcone, Count
Fosco, Becky Sharp, the Vicar OF Wake
field, Inspector Bucket and Aan Weller.
Under the head of best women, Dinah
Morris is given precedence
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

The treasury department has learned
that large quantities of opium shipped
from Victoria. British Columbia, by way
of the Canadian Pacific, are being SNUG
gled into the United States
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
BRONCHITIS is curel ly frequent small doses
of IISO's orr, tor ConSmnIptinn.


In the bright lexicon Of youth there is 10 such
a word rs fail but later ON, when the youth gets
into b 3suess for himself then the word shows
up in good shape.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22

Gas can be made and sold at so cents,
xith profit of about 80 per cent Such
is the admission of a Chicago expert.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-22
II afflicted with Sore Eyes. use DR. Isaac Thomp
E-a. NLata.- lLrlL-....L. sL.lL II

Farmer-'',N nat DIl ala the British Govern o.
unent receive from the United states On the most
friendly rerEnsf7 City Gent why, my two
dollar bill Farmer No City Gent -
What them Farmer why, Buffalo Bill!
Ha, la -